‘Once Upon a River’ Is a Meta-Gothic Slow Burn
Diane Setterfield returns with a second follow-up to ‘The Thirteenth Tale.’
Tag: Fiction
‘Evening in Paradise’ Is More Proof of Lucia Berlin’s Sainthood
On FSG’s second Berlin collection, two years after ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women.’
What Ben Lerner’s ’10:04′ Teaches Us About Failure
Every now and then a book comes along that changes how you think about yourself, the world, even books themselves.Continue Reading
Tyler Barton on Minnesota and Writing Fiction Across Differences
A conversation with the winner of the Fall 2017 Arcturus Award for Fiction.
Can Fiction Rewild Our Minds?
Jeff VanderMeer and Kate Schapira on Area X, climate change, and the power of fiction.
Once Again, Barbara Comyns Deserves Your Attention
The late novelist returns with NYRB’s reissue of ‘The Juniper Tree.’
New Zealand Gets Creepy in ‘The Mannequin Makers’
On Craig Cliff’s emotional American debut.
The Fiction Shortlist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Award
Part of our mission at the Chicago Review of Books is to champion local poets and writers. So every fall,Continue Reading
Here’s the Fiction Longlist for the 2017 National Book Award
Every year, we wait with bated breath for the National Book Awards to announce their longlist for the year’s bestContinue Reading
What If Kansas Seceded From the United States?
On Amanda Kabak’s award-winning short story, “The Republic of Kansas.”
